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Best Hot Gin Drinks To Have This Season

‘Tis the season for wrapping up warm, toasting your toes by the fire, and if you’re anything like me, drinking my body weight in mulled wine at any opportunity.

But colder temperatures doesn’t mean having to give up on your favourite summer tipples; and this Gin-fanatic certainly isn’t ready for that. So while the perfect G&T is the best thing to cool down with on hot days, there are plenty of other ways to enjoy the juniper-based spirit which don’t include ice-filled highball glasses.

From mulled punches to hot toddy-style tipples, here are the best hot Gin drinks for cold days.

Hendrick’s Hot Gin Punch

Hat tip to the Hendrick’s team for this one; a deliciously warming, spiced punch which swaps the usual Hendrick’s cucumber accompaniment for slices of citrus.

Add all the ingredients to a large saucepan and simmer over a low heat for 20 minutes. Don’t let the punch boil. To serve, pour the hot mixture into a punch bowl or teapot and garnish with orange slices studded with cloves.

Cinnamon and Citrus Toddy

This gloriously spiced winter warmer uses cinnamon simple syrup, which can be made in advance and kept in the fridge for up to two weeks.

First, make the syrup by combining 2 cups of water with the sugar in a saucepan. Add the 4 cinnamon sticks and simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Discard the cinnamon sticks and put the syrup to one side.

To make the cocktail, heat the Gin, syrup, lemon juice, and 75ml of water in a pan. Remove from the heat and add bitters. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

You might also like: Sloe Gin
In the run up to the holiday season, Sloe Gin becomes ever more popular. Made by infusing sloe berries and sugar with Gin, this sweet tipple is technically a liqueur due to its sugar content. Regardless, it’s warming and delicious and is best served room temperature. Try City of London Sloe Gin, made by the City of London Distillery, with their classic London Dry Gin.

Purl Royal

A purl is an old-fashioned English drink which was popular in the 19th century, made by infusing ale with herbs, sugar and spices. A purl-royal swaps the ale for wine. Try this mulled wine and Gin concoction for a traditional taste of winter.

Juice half an orange into a mug. Add a teaspoon of honey, and a good slug of Gin. Top with boiling water, bruise a couple of cardamom pods and add to the mix. Stir until the honey has dissolved, remove the cardamom pods, and enjoy.

Emma is a huge enthusiast of all things juniper based – a ginthusiast, if you will – so much so that you can find her Gin musings over at TheGinthusiast.com. When not at her day job in marketing, she can often be found in various Gin joints across London, Martini in hand.